Month: November 2006

The Dead-EnderSphere’s latest attempt to gin up another Dan Rather story out of nothing at all has apparently gone the way of such classics as the “fake” Schiavo memo. Of course, as Jim Henley points out, even had this been something other than unsubstantiated state propaganda, it’s still all about evasion: But beyond that, what’s […]

As is so often the case, the best long response to Jonathan Chait’s sad plea for attention is from Digby, while Atrios provides the short form. Chait seems to be working overtime to make me all the more confident I was right to never take him seriously on Iraq, but I do have one question […]

Does it surprise anyone that conventional munitions would most likely do a better job against deep bunkers than their nuclear counterparts? Whenever I read a report like this, I try to think back to my days as a conservative (ten years ago or so) and figure out why, in spite of the evidence, I might […]

Ben and Ezra say most of what needs to be said about this atrocious, risibly anachronistic op-ed by Thomas Edsall. An argument this silly contains multitudes, however, and there’s one point I’d like to add. My question: if we’re throwing “organized labor, minority advocacy organizations [and] reproductive- and sexual-rights proponents” out of the Democratic coalition, […]